Here’s a roundup of last week’s biggest news stories related to animal research — all the recent media coverage you need to know right now to be the most effective activist for animals in labs.
We’re Back in Court Against the Animal Research Industry
Rise for Animals, 5/13/2025
The USDA quietly stopped doing full inspections of many animal labs — handing oversight to an industry-run group instead. We’re in federal court to stop this betrayal of animals and the public.
See how we and Animal Legal Defense Fund are fighting back: 📰 Full Story →
Bold Lies: NIH Cuts Aren’t What Industry Wants You to Think
Rise for Animals, 5/15/2025
Behind the animal research industry’s classic smoke-and-mirrors is a ruthless fight to preserve its power, profit, and self-professed “right” to harm others for its own gain.
Here are the latest lies the industry is telling — and what’s actually going on: 📰 Full Story →
Wyoming Rescue Ranch Cheers Shutdown of Notorious Beagle Test Law, New Law
Jen Kocher, Cowboy State Daily, 5/10/2025
“The Kindness Ranch, tucked into the rural landscape around Hartville, Wyoming, is about to get a lot busier. That’s because its mission lines up with a Trump administration directive to stop lab testing on subjects like dogs, rabbits, mice and other animals. While the directive began as a cost-saving measure under the Department of Government Efficiency, it also could mean saving the lives of more animals.”
“[Kindness Ranch] is the only [animal sanctuary] of its kind that rescues only clinical test and research animals after their trials are completed . . . The bulk of their adoptees are beagles . . . but many of the 160 animals currently on site are cats, pigs, horses, llamas, goats, rabbits, and other animals used in testing and research.” 📰 Full Story →
The massive stakes of the Trump administration’s plan to end animal testing
Rachel Fobar, Vox, 5/14/2025
“The Trump administration is not known for particularly prioritizing animal welfare. But in its first few months, alongside announcements that it would seek to gut federal funding for scientific research, Trump officials have taken steps toward a goal that animal advocates have been championing for decades: the end of animal experimentation.”
“Together, these moves represent a potentially monumental shift in American science — one that could spare millions of animals from painful experiments and, advocates hope, speed up the adoption of cutting-edge technologies to produce better, more reliable research than animal models ever did.”
“Although animal welfare is a bipartisan issue, it’s rarely been a priority for previous administrations, Republican or Democrat. To have an administration that, within months of taking power, is already meeting with animal welfare groups, holding congressional hearings, and taking strong stances on animal research issues is unprecedented, experts say.” 📰 Full Story →
Animal advocates want proposed Oregon bill amended to close OHSU primate center
Jashayla Pettigrew, KOIN6, 5/14/2025
“Animal advocates have taken a public hearing on a proposed bill as an opportunity to urge lawmakers to shut down the Oregon National Primate Research Center.”
“ The House Committee On Emergency Management, General Government, and Veterans held the hearing on Senate Bill 181 on Tuesday. Although the measure would ban research facilities from using public funds to cover ‘medically unnecessary’ testing on dogs and cats, several people provided testimony on why the proposal should also call for the closure of Oregon Health & Science University’s monkey research lab.” 📰 Full Story →
Group wants Temple University prosecuted for dog’s death, falsified records
J.D. Prose, Penn Live Patriot News, 5/14/2025
“An anti-animal experimentation group wants the federal government to prosecute Temple University for a ‘botched procedure’ that led to a dog’s death and other infractions that ‘scream negligence.’”
“Besides euthanizing one dog following a procedure, Michael Budkie, SAEN’s executive director and co-founder, said in a statement that Temple researchers failed to provide the dog with an IV, dropped another dog onto the floor and falsified records.” 📰 Full Story →
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